Steven is a Professor in the Columbia University School of the Arts, where he runs the MFA Theatre Management & Producing Program and serves as Co-Director of the T Fellowship for Creative Producers, which he founded with Harold Prince. He is also on the faculty of the Theatre Program at Barnard College, where he teaches History and Practice of Producing, and at Columbia Law School, where he has been teaching the Seminar in Law & Theatre for more than 20 years.? Steven is the first graduate of Columbia’s dual degree JD/MFA program and a member of the New York State Bar.? He is a co-Author of Theatre Law: Cases and Materials, the first ever law school textbook specifically devoted to theatre law, and a contributor to the theatre volume of Entertainment Industry Contracts, published by LexisNexis.
Through his company, Snug Harbor Productions, Steven general manages and/or produces on and off Broadway, around the United States and internationally.? His most recent producing credits include the Off-Broadway production of?Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish?(Drama Desk Award); Arthur Miller’s?Death of a Salesman?(starring Wendell Pierce and Sharon D. Clarke) and?The American Clock?in London; and the Broadway and touring productions of?The Band’s Visit, winner of 10 Tony Awards including Best Musical. Other selected credits include: Broadway:?Ring of Fire;?Elaine Stritch at Liberty?(Tony Award);?George Gershwin Alone; A Moon for the Misbegotten?(starring Cherry Jones and Gabriel Byrne);?Death of a Salesman?(Tony Award, starring Brian Dennehy);?Julia Sweeney’s God Said Ha!?and?Fool Moon?(Tony Award); Off-Broadway:?The Convent; Red Roses Green Gold;?Murder for Two; Martin Moran’s solo shows?All the Rage?(Lortel Award) and?The Tricky Part?(Obie Award); Eve Ensler’s?Emotional Creature;?3C;?Elective Affinities?(starring Zoe Caldwell);?Slipping;?Too Much Memory;?Make Me A Song: The Music of William Finn;?Evil Dead The Musical;?Almost,?Maine;?The Normal Heart;?They Wrote That: The Songs of Mann & Weil;?Private Jokes, Public Places; Peter Brook’s?Tierno Bokar?and Salman Rushdie’s?Midnight’s Children?(RSC);? National Tour/Regional:?Murder for Two,?Trumbo?(starring Brian Dennehy);?Fool Moon?(Washington, D.C.);?Fully Committed?and?The Vagina Monologues?(Los Angeles),?4 Guys Named José?(Miami) and?Art?(Chicago); International:?Where Elephants Weep?(Cambodia).? In 2013, Snug Harbor Productions provided management services for Season of Cambodia, a 2-month arts festival that brought more than 125 Cambodian dancers, musicians, puppeteers, filmmakers and visual artists to New York City for performances, lectures and exhibitions at 35 cultural and academic institutions.
Steven has consulted for numerous not-for-profit arts institutions, including New York Stage & Film, the Barrow Group, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, the Apollo Theatre Foundation, Cambodian Living Arts and Peter Brook’s CICT. Earlier in his career, Steven served as Company Manager for several Broadway productions and, for Walt Disney Theatrical Productions, Steven managed?The Lion King?from its out-of-town tryout in Minneapolis through its first year on Broadway.? Steven is a member of the Broadway League, and he serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of the Off-Broadway League.
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Front Row Productions to Establish Fellowship at Columbia
Founders of Front Row Productions?and award-winning producers?Stephen Byrd?and?Alia Jones-Harvey?have announced the launch of the Front Row Productions Fellowship with Columbia University?School of the Arts Theatre Program.
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Columbia Alumni and Faculty Win Big at 2019 Drama Desk Awards
The 64th Annual Drama Desk Awards presented by Broadway News were announced June 2, 2019 at The Town Hall in New York City.
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Theatre Alumni and Faculty Helm Critically-Acclaimed Broadway Production, 'Fiddler on the Roof'
“Strikes a deep emotional chord. It offers a kind of authenticity no other American Fiddler ever has.” —The New York Times
Steven Chaikelson on 'Spectacular Failures'
The curtain falls on a big Broadway company? Douglas Gorenstein
Concentration Head, Theatre Management & Producing
Professor of Professional Practice, Theatre
Theatre Alumnus 1993
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